Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) offers a wide spectrum of services dedicated to managing various disabilities and assisting patient to reach their maximal functional outcome.
Our doctors are experienced physiatrists (physicians who are Board certified in the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) with subspecialties in the medical rehabilitation of various injuries and disabilities, including musculoskeletal and sports injuries as well as catastrophic injuries and neuromuscular diseases.
All of our physicians have one or more additional Board certifications in other related subspecialties. All are actively involved in cutting-edge protocols for management of physical disabilities.
Outpatient Clinic
Evaluation of musculoskeletal injuries, neuromuscular diseases, traumatic injuries, and complications form various diseases (i.e., spasticity, neurogenic pain) are treated by physiatrists in the clinic using conservative management techniques such as specific therapy prescriptions, medications, and injections.
Medical acupuncture is also offered as an alternative for pain management.
Interventional Spine Clinic
The PM&R Interventional Spine Clinic is a non-surgical outpatient program focusing on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of neck and mid-back and low-back problems. A wide range of spine and musculoskeletal medicine treatments are considered, including medications, exercise and therapy. Diagnostic and therapeutic injections, when indicated, are considered only one part of a more-comprehensive treatment program. A full range of these treatments are offered by experienced physicians, including:
- Caudal epidural
- Interlaminar epidural
- Transforaminal epidural (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
- Selective nerve root block (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
- Facet joint injection (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
- Medial branch nerve blocks (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
- Sacroiliac joint injection
- Discography
- Sympathetic nerve block
- Radiofrequency neurotomy (radiofrequency ablation)
- Percutaneous discectomy
- Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty
PM&R Sports Medicine Clinic
The Sports Medicine Program offers a complete range of outpatient services, focusing on non-surgical care of injuries related to exercise and sport such as:
- Ankle, Foot
- Achilles Tendon
- Hand, Wrist, Elbow
- Hip
- Hamstring tear, pull
- Knee
- Muscle tears, strains
- Plantar fasciitis
- Running/Repetitive Injury
- Shoulder
- Stress fractures
- Children, adolescents with sports injuries
Electromyography (EMGs)
- Electrodiagnostic/nerve conduction velocity are performed for diagnostic purposes (nerve and muscle diseases)
- Electromyography guided nerve and motor point blocks as well as therapeutic purposes (pain relief/relief of spasticity)